Hahn

English

Etymology 1

From Korean 한(韓) (han). Cognate with English Han (from Mandarin).

Alternative forms

• Han

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun

Hahn (plural Hahns)

1. A surname from Korean.

Etymology 2

From German Hahn.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun

Hahn (plural Hahns)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Hahnville
• Hahn echo

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hane, from Old High German hano, from Proto-West Germanic *hanō, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Compare Dutch haan, Danish hane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːn/, [häːn]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːn
• Homophones: Harn (some speakers), Haaren, harren (casual speech)

Noun

Hahn m (strong or mixed, genitive Hahns or Hahnes, plural Hähne or (dialectal or obsolete) Hahnen, diminutive Hähnchen n or Hähnlein n)

1. cock, rooster
2. ellipsis of Wasserhahn (“tap, faucet”)

   Synonyms: (regional) Kran, Pipe

3. ellipsis of Fasshahn or Zapfhahn (“spigot, stopcock”)

Declension

Declension of Hahn [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hahn	die	Hähne, Hahnen2
genitive	eines	des	Hahns, Hahnes	der	Hähne, Hahnen2
dative	einem	dem	Hahn, Hahne1	den	Hähnen, Hahnen2
accusative	einen	den	Hahn	die	Hähne, Hahnen2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Dialectal, otherwise obsolete.

Hyponyms

• (rooster): Hofhahn, Feuerhahn, Wetterhahn
• (faucet): Geldhahn

Meronyms

• Hahnenfeder
• Hahnenfuß
• Hahnenkamm
• Hahnenschwanz
• Hahnenschrei

Derived terms

• Absperrhahn
• Hähnchen
• Hahnenfeder
• Hahnenfisch
• Hahnenfuß
• Hahnenfußgewächs
• Hahnenkamm
• Hahnenkampf
• Hahnenschrei
• Hahnenschwanz
• Hahnentritt
• Halve Hahn
• Knurrhahn
• Truthahn
• Wasserhahn
• Wetterhahn
• Zapfhahn

Related terms

• Huhn

Proper noun

Hahn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hahns or (with an article) Hahn, feminine genitive Hahn, plural Hahns)

1. a common surname transferred from the nickname

Descendants

• ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: Hahnfjella

Further reading

• “Hahn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Hahn” in Duden online
• Hahn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de